Global InformationEtxerat information
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| Founded | 1991 |
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| Type | Non-profit NGO |
| Focus | Prisoners and exiles of Basque National Liberation Movement |
| Headquarters | Hernani, Gipuzkoa, Spain |
| Services | Supporting families of imprisoned and exiled persons |
| Method | Legal advocacy, Media attention, direct-appeal campaigns, lobbying |
Key people | Fermina Villanueva, President |
| Website | www |
Etxerat (Basque: [e t͡ʃeɾat], meaning 'Homeward') is an association of family members of people who have been imprisoned or exiled because of their activity in support of the Basque National Liberation Movement. Most of those prisoners and exiles are members, or former members, of the Basque armed separatist organization ETA. Others were not members of ETA but have been jailed for collaborating with it, or have been convicted of other crimes such as belonging to illegal organizations like SEGI or Gestoras pro Amnistía, belonging to or trying to rebuild banned political parties such as Batasuna and Askatasuna, participating in Kale borroka, or for the "public glorification of terrorism". Etxerat's primary activities are to support those family members, and to campaign to defend the rights of their imprisoned and exiled relatives.